Aviation services trainer Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) has set up a simulation services centre in Hyderabad. This comes after its flagship centre in Gurugram.

The Hyderabad facility is planned to ease out operations for the airlines and aviation community based in South India. It will be equipped with modern facilities and brand new simulators.

The eight-bay facility will be holding different genre of brand new simulation machines of Boeing, Airbus, ATR and DASH 8 (Q-400). The new facility will offer five simulators in first phase and three in second phase, respectively for Level D simulator services.

FSTC is the country's first registered standalone approved training organisation by DGCA, and has recently secured the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved ATO qualification.

“FSTC has secured European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved ATO qualification recently and reflects the quality training which will be offered by FSTC to India and rest of the world,” D S Basraon, Director and CEO, FSTC, India, said in a statement.

“Not only in North, now airlines based in South will be able to make substantial savings in both costs and time by sending pilots to train at FSTC, Hyderabad facility,” Sanjay Mandavia, Director and Accountable Manager, FSTC, India, said.

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